Despite training on our defense to prepare for this game, our defense was still very bad with the opponents getting the ball in the painted area easily. This was because of varies reasons. Firstly, the wings on the weak side did not drop down to help out in the defense. Secondly, we were not taking our man, and there was confusion over whose was whose man. Thirdly, the post did not play aggressive defense, and front the opponents. As they were bigger than us, they naturally got the ball easily.
Furthermore, we played bad offense. After inbounding the ball, we wanted to pass a long one to the forwards in front so that they could have fast breaks. However, perhaps we were playing at the wrong tempo, and many of those passes we made were intercepted by the opponents. Sometimes, when there was open man, we did not see him and did not pass; we even made bad passes to those people.
Moreover, the Americans had made preparations for us. For example, knowing that our posts could drive to the basket, they always had people behind the ball, so that it would not become a 1 to 1 offense. They also were prepared for our full court press, with the players screening for each other during the inbounds play.
At the end of the first, after very bad defense, we were down 15 to 9.
In the second to fourth quarter, we played a full court press. At the start, we pressed very successfully, and the caught up by 8 points, and were down by 3. However, after that, we never caught up again. Our press was revealing its weakness. There were players who were not very sure of the press, and from time to time, we did not manage to trap them.
Despite wanting to win the game very much, we did not win. We played one of our worst games, so how can we expect to win? There were too many turnovers because of bad passes, fouls, and travels. Perhaps we could have won if we reduce those mistakes. But whatdone is done. We can only reflect and be ready for the finals
Scoring by quarters:
1st Quarter -- SAS 15 RI 9
2nd Quarter -- SAS 8 RI 5
3rd Quarter -- SAS 11 RI 12
4th Quarter -- SAS 5 RI 3
MVPs:
RI: Mark
SAS: #1 and #11
Commentary by Wee Xuan: From what I heard, you guys gave up quite a lot of rebounds. Rebounding is vital to a game too so remember to box out and be active on your feet. To box out guys bigger than you, simple just move and beat them on speed.
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